Wednesday, February 19, 2014

West Ham visit

I went to visit the stadium where the West Ham teams plays. It looks like a nice stadium technically in London but definitely in a less urban setting. I got a ticket for Sundays match vs. Southampton who is a team having a good season and giving top teams fits.

It is sad as the the "Hammers" are leaving the nice 35K stadium for a larger one in Olympic stadium in two years. Leaving the historic Upton park to developers seems less than devoted to the local town. The reason is for the move is West Ham says they can compete better with the larger stadiums. This is funny for a club that signed Andy Carroll who I think has zero goals so far. Not sure why they made such a big deal about his three-game ban for a Red card-SO WHAT.

The area will be decimated as it is not too affluent by any means.  A nice looking classy stadium. I will have more pics of the inside Sunday.

As I mentioned, I bought a ticket for the Saturday match. Because I registered on line as a member (most clubs push you to do so to capture your info and streamline the ticket process) the ticket prints out with my name on it!


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